"The train's been delayed due a giant African tortoise on the line," he said. "The train inspector announced that he's having trouble believing it - but it's true." A Greater Anglia spokeswoman ...

PC Munn found the reptile three miles from home and being held by a woman to stop it wandering off again A giant tortoise has been reunited with his owner after the "world's slowest police chase".

A giant male tortoise with an extremely high sex drive has helped bring his species back from the brink of extinction on the Galapagos Islands. The randy reptile, a 100-year-old Chelonoidis ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their ...

A series of interactive games and installations allows visitors to learn about the animals through e-books, race against different African animals, and help meerkats and giant tortoises pick their ...